Photos of the day

A selection of some of the top AP photos taken over the past 24 hours.

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Hong Kong Protest Leaders Bailed

Pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, center left, and Nathan Law, center right, walk out of the Court of Final Appeal Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Hong Kong's highest court freed the pro-democracy activists on bail pending an appeal of their prison sentences after they were convicted of sparking massive protests in 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Germany Parliament

Hermann-Otto Solms of the Free Democratic Party, FDP, right, delivers his opening speech at the first meeting of the German parliament after the election in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Flake

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., accompanied by his wife Cheryl, leaves the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, after announcing he won't seek re-election in 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Germany Parliament

German Chancellor Angela Merkel yawns when talking to her chief of staff and acting Finance Minister Peter Altmeier, left, and the party's secretary general Peter Tauber during the first meeting of the German parliament after the election in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Ferdinand Ostrop)

Brazil Rio Violence

A bullet hole scars the back window of the car in which a Spanish tourist was shot dead by military police, at a police station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Brazilian military police say officers killed Maria Esperanza Jimenez Ruiz on Monday when the vehicle she was traveling in while touring Rocinha, one of Brazil's largest slums, came under fire after ignoring a police checkpoint. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Sexual Harassment Hollywood

Mimi Haleyi, left, appears at a news conference with her attorney Gloria Allred in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Haleyi alleges that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her. Representatives for Weinstein did not immediately comment Tuesday. Weinstein has previously denied any non-consensual sexual encounters. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Thailand Royal Cremation

Thai people wearing raincoats and holding umbrellas with portrait of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej as people queue up to take part in the Royal Cremation ceremony, in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. The exactingly planned five-day funeral for Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej will be governed by strict protocols for how the public and media conduct themselves. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Spain Catalonia

A man walks past an independence flag hanged on a balcony in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Catalonia's political leaders said Tuesday they are going to Spanish and international courts in an attempt to prevent Spain's government removing them from power and to proceed with their drive for the region's independence. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Trump Senate

Small Russian flags bearing the word "Trump" are thrown by a protester toward President Donald Trump, as he walks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Capitol Hill to have lunch with Senate Republicans and push for his tax reform agenda, in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kenya Elections

A passerby flees on a motorcycle taxi as Kenyan police fire tear gas grenades at supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga as they attempt to demonstrate in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Kenyan police have fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse small groups of opposition protesters ahead of a presidential election on Thursday that opposition leader Raila Odinga plans to boycott. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Historic Documents Discovered

An autobiography of a 5th grade student from the 1930's is displayed at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. This document along with more than 170,000 other pages are part of a recently discovered trove of Jewish materials from Lithuania thought to have been destroyed during the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

China Party Congress

Hospitality staff members laugh as they stand on Tiananmen Square before the closing ceremony of China's 19th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. The ruling Communist Party on Tuesday formally lifted Xi Jinping's status to China's most powerful ruler in decades, setting the stage for the authoritarian leader to tighten his grip over the country while pursuing an increasingly muscular foreign policy and military expansion. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Czech Republic Fish Haul

A fisherman carries a silver carp during a traditional fish haul at the Horusicky pond near the town of Veseli nad Luznici, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. Each autumn, Czech fishermen get to serious business of a century-long tradition of catching carp for Christmas markets. Southern Bohemia, where the Horusicky pond is located, with its elaborate network of ponds is at the center of the local carp universe. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Britain Insurance Market Campaign

Actors dressed up sit in the streets of Leadenhall Market in London, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. A Large-scale artwork was unveiled accompanied by characters to tell the story of London's world-famous insurance market in a three day-campaign that aims to explain how London insurers and brokers support people, businesses, charities and governments all round the world. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Britain Leonardo da Vinci Painting

Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' on display at Christie's auction rooms, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. The painting will be sold in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction taking place on Nov.15 at Christie's New York. The estimate is in the region of 100 million US dollars. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Argentina Soccer Copa Libertadores

Fans of Argentina's River Plate fill the stands with their team's colors during a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Argentina's Lanus in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Venezuela Daily Life

Woman keep their hair dry with plastic bags as it drizzles in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Venezuela Daily Life

Commuters watch a woman perform in a video promotion for a music album by Sofia Insomnia in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Congress

The Capitol is seen at dawn as overnight storm clouds pass, in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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